rivertontech - COOL STUFF

Tools that you might find useful.

We now have created pages for each of the following resources. You can visit them from here or the home page. Beginning in October, the COOL STUFF page will be cleaned up and these links will no longer be available here. Don't worry, this page will still contain a bunch of STUFF that is really COOL :)
Online Learning Communities

Create online talkgroups to answer questions or share ideas.	voxopop
Record voice messages, oral activities,etc. Embed on site, blog, email.	vocaroo
Team whiteboarding	twiddla
Student centered eLearning, sharing, collaborating	Schooltown
Open sourced, community based, tools for learning	moodle
Online collaboration tool	typewith.me
Be part of the solution. Get paid	slader
Free online learning platform	Collaborize Classroom
Kid friendly (and safe) hug to your school	My Big Campus

Language Arts

Your students can be talking avatars.	voki
Generate word clouds from text.	woordle
Tag clouds with style	tagxedo
Easy way for students to create a cartoon or cartoon book.	toondoo
Users pick an image from the selection and write about them.	piclits
Capturing the Voice of Childhood	Little Bird Tales
Practice your grammar	grammar park
The ultimate guide to getting started with blogging	Edublogs
Book reading made easy for the blind	haptic braille
Children's stories online	storytimeforme
iPod apps for reading and writing	iPodsibilities

Informational

An online notice board maker.	wallwisher
Create polls that can be answered via text	polleverywhere
Create a new number for your cell phone for students, parents, etc. to contact you.	Google Voice
Make on-line surveys	Google Forms
Keep track of everything on all your devices	Ever note

General Resources

100 incredibly useful YouTube channels for educators	youtube
Facebook now as an antibully app	safetyweb
21 Signs You're a 21st Century Teacher	21st Century Teacher
Tons of pod cast lessons covering many subject areas	SchoolWAX TV
A huge listing of educational resources	Websites of the year
Tired of PowerPoint? Here are some web based alternatives.	readwriteweb
Professional teaching resources	iTunes U
Best Educational Wikis of 2010	Edublog
Calculate (or find out about) almost anything	WolframAlpha
Videos, Lesson plans by subject or standards	Teacher's Domain
National History Educational Clearninghouse	Teaching History
Skype in the classroom (BETA)	education.skype
Links, a TV channel, staff development, plus a free mobile app	eduTecher
Watch. Practice. Learn almost anything.	Kahn Academy
A social network for teachers interested in the classroom flip	vodcasting
Using a kindle with a smartboard	teq.com blog
iPod apps for special ed	iPodsibilities
Online tools and applications index	go2web20
Live two way video from your phone	Qik
Educational technology made simple	Simple K12
Online file storage	dropbox
Online file transfer (for use with dropbox)	Dropitto.me

rivertontech/Math and Science|Science/Mathematics/Engineering

Hands on engineering	Design Squad
Learn genetics	University of Utah
Open source planetarium	stellarium.org
Math apps for iPods	iPodsibilities
The Physics classroom	physicsclassroom.com
Free Resources at the Bottom of the Page	Discovery Education

rivertontech/Art, Music and Media|Art/Music/Media

Cool stuff to do with digital media	BigHugeLabs
Convert video, audio, images, documents, online for free	online-convert
Turns images into slide shows, record voice, add music, text, etc.	ShowBeyond
Interactive posters	Glogster
Youth making media	Adobe Youth Voices
3D modeling for everyone	Google sketchup
Create stunning video slideshows	animoto
Using music to improve teaching	songsforteaching
Open music encylcopedia	musicpedia
Free sounds from all over the world	Soundboard